NFT: Man Shoots Wife, Mistakes Her for Monkey

Hel'n · 09-22-2004, 02:03 PM

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A Malaysian man shot and killed his wife after he mistook her for a monkey picking fruit in a tree behind their house, the New Straits Times said on Wednesday.

The man, 70, is being held by police for causing death through recklessness after he fired a shotgun at what he thought was a monkey in a mangosteen tree on Monday, the newspaper said.

His wife, 68, had used a ladder to climb into the tree and was picking the tropical fruit when she was shot. She was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital, the paper said. The couple lived in central Malaysia and had raised 13 children.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...le_malaysia_dc

Hel'n · 09-22-2004, 02:04 PM

OK, guys, now there's precedence... Just ask your spouse to go climb a tree!

Coogs · 09-22-2004, 02:10 PM

I guess the ladder being up the tree didn't clue the guy off.

jspchief · 09-22-2004, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Coogs

I guess the ladder being up the tree didn't clue the guy off.

Yea, because monkeys can't use ladders?

Coogs · 09-22-2004, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by jspchief

Yea, because monkeys can't use ladders?

I was assuming the monkey probably had to get the ladder from out of the garage and set it up in the tree. My bad I guess.

Braincase · 09-22-2004, 02:29 PM

Great. Now a bunch of the neo-cons will be collecting cash to buy Denise a fruit tree...

09-22-2004, 02:03 PM
Hel'n Guest Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: nothing to fear... Casino cash: $10004900	NFT: Man Shoots Wife, Mistakes Her for Monkey KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A Malaysian man shot and killed his wife after he mistook her for a monkey picking fruit in a tree behind their house, the New Straits Times said on Wednesday. The man, 70, is being held by police for causing death through recklessness after he fired a shotgun at what he thought was a monkey in a mangosteen tree on Monday, the newspaper said. His wife, 68, had used a ladder to climb into the tree and was picking the tropical fruit when she was shot. She was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital, the paper said. The couple lived in central Malaysia and had raised 13 children. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...le_malaysia_dc
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Hel'n Guest Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: nothing to fear... Casino cash: $10004900	OK, guys, now there's precedence... Just ask your spouse to go climb a tree!
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